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THOMAS M. OLIVA
Tom graduated from the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at City College in 1980. After a brief career in the performing arts Tom enrolled and graduated from the Hofstra University School of Law in 1988. Tom took first place in the Tom C. Clark Moot Court Appellate Competition in 1988 and was selected to represent the Hofstra School of Law in the National Moot Court Competition that year. While attending Hofstra Law School Tom helped in founding the Latino Law Student Association and served as Treasurer for the Black American Law Students Association in his second year.
Upon graduation Tom went to work for the Bronx County District Attorneys Office spending the majority of his tenure there in the Sex Crimes / Domestic Violence Bureau. Tom amassed an impressive resume there in his number of trial convictions prosecuting difficult case involving sexually abused adults and children and cases involving Catholic Schools. It was there that Tom developed a particular compassion for dealing with the difficulties encountered by victims and their families.
After his tenure at the Bronx District Attorney's Office Tom went on to practice in the field of medical malpractice defending doctors and hospitals as a partner at a prominent New York defense firm for fifteen years. Tom has also lectured and taught other attorneys on numerous occasions at the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association, Corporation Counsel for the City of NewYork and Hofstra University School of Law. He is a member of the NewYork State Bar Association, Hispanic National Bar Association, Puerto Rican Lawyers Association, Queens County Bar Association and the Latino Lawyers of Queens.
Tom's case representing a family in a New York wrongful death lawsuit was covered in the Daily Bulletin - click here to read the story.
Thomas In the News
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- Thomas on CBS News
- Shares his views about the pistachio recall.
[watch video] - Thomas on CBS News
- Shares his views on the recent peanut butter recall.
[watch video] - Thomas on CBS News
- Gives his opinion on the rise of product recalls in the U.S.
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Thomas M. Oliva's Verdicts & Settlements Include:
- Wrongful Death:
Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death
$1,875,000 Settlement
> read more - Automobile Accident:
Motor Vehicle Accident
$1.5 Million Verdict
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Intersection Accident
$710,000 Recovery
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Medical and Surgical Malpractice
$700,000 Recovery
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Drowning at Amusement Park
$500,000 Recovery
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Wrongful Death
$450,000 Recovery
> read more - Premises Liability:
Apartment Stairway Accident Injury
$415,000 Recovery Mediation
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Woman Struck by Falling Ceiling Debris
$325,000 Recovery
> read more - Vehicle Accident:
Truck Accident
$275,000 Recovery
> read more - Wrongful Death:
Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death
$215,000 Recovery
> read more - Medical Malpractice:
Medical Malpractice - Drug Reaction
$200,000 Settlement
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Trip and Fall
$199,000 Recovery
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